Peter VillaniThird-person narrator. The fly on the wall is not omniscient.I love my fly on the wall almost as much as I love my characters. But I also own a fly swatter. Understanding the third-person narrator.Jun 29, 2022Jun 29, 2022
Peter VillaniinWriter’s BlogkThe Soiled Sheets Of A Writer’s GameWriting is about the game I tell my reader. Win or lose. I started with sports — so let’s say the field is wide open but there’s no goal.Apr 7, 2019Apr 7, 2019
Peter VillaniinWriter’s Blogkpracticing clarity — is this a form of sanity?It’s hard to know where our professional persona ends and where the rest of our bodies and minds (and souls, I guess) reside.Mar 7, 2019Mar 7, 2019
Peter VillaniinWriter’s BlogkTechnical Documentation for the Hurried PolyamorousPeople who come to read technical documentation are rare indeed. Most come with an urgent need to be guided, to be taken to where they…Feb 17, 2019Feb 17, 2019
Peter VillaniinTechnical Writing is EasyBlogging to Overcome Technical Writer’s BlockThis is the last in a series of articles in which I express frustration with the art of technical writing. This series came about while…Feb 9, 2019Feb 9, 2019
Peter VillaniinWriter’s BlogkTechnical Writers Blog AlsoFor some technical writers, writing a blog comes as a relief, a sudden respite from the exigencies of precision and concision. Like when…Feb 5, 2019Feb 5, 2019
Peter VillaniinTechnical Writing is EasyTo Document, To WriteTechnical Writers write Technical Documentation. The word in the middle is incorrect: There’s a difference between writing and documenting…Jan 25, 20191Jan 25, 20191
Peter VillaniinWriter’s BlogkSkimmabilty, or the Art of Technical WritingWhile rethinking our technical documentation, deciding on how to improve the developer experience, I had a revelation. I suddenly knew…Jan 20, 2019Jan 20, 2019
Peter VillaniExploring (API Documentation) SpaceExplore space — gather all of the documentation we have — API documents, support tickets, blogs, videos — put it on a single search…Oct 11, 2017Oct 11, 2017